Footboard weather-guard



.l. R, VALENTINE AND F. W. ALKIRE.

FOOTBOARD WEATHER GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED(JCT.4,1920.

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AI TTIQA ENE I" UNITED s'rArss JOSEPH R. VALENTINE AND FREDERICK W. ALL-HIRE, 0F SALT LAKE (JI'IDEZ',

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Patented July 19 19251.

Application filed October 4, 1920. Serial No. liars r.

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Be it known that we, JosnrrrR. VALEN- TINE and l unnnmorr W. ALnInn, citizens of the United States, residing at Salt Lalre City, in the county of Salt Lake and State of Utah, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in. Footboard eather-- Guards, of which the following is a speci fication.

Our invention relates to guards for auto tion and ointed out in the appended claim.

In the rawings, in which we have shown a substantial embodiment of our invention, Figure 1. is a plan view of the foot board of an autombbile with our invention in place thereon. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line cutting the holding rivets. Fig. 3 an edge view of the clamping plate, andv Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the one slot form used at the emergency brake.

In order that the pedals and brake levers of some automobiles may be operated, slots are cut in the foot boards thereof and through which slots the pedals and lovers are to be passed in placing the foot boards. Such slots alloiv dust, the heat of the engine, and eold to enter the automobile, and the present invention is intended to prevent this y providing a covering for said slots which will not impede the operation of such pedals and levers, but will allow their operation back and forth while therubber will close the opening in front and behind the pedal arm or lever, and consists olia plate or flat bar B having portions thereof struck up as at l and which is to be fastened on the foot board A. of the automobile. Two other flat plates 2 and 4 are to be detachably and adjacently tened and hold as clamps a flat strip of rubher 6. Elongated slots 3 are out into each of said plates 32 and it to be secured to the loot be will he held in album-cut n. manly provided for the the vehicle, by insor l said slate 1?; into said 1 :csses l a ing the opposite or oil thumb buttons 8. piece of rubber 6 is l are throu 1h, medially anu parallel. with said slots 5. 'Ihe pedals P and lever L are to be passed through said slots 3 and slit Y. In putting the device in place the fi bar ll is first secured in place along the is of the slots tllurt are already in place in the foi'it board; the said plates and l with the rub her therebctiveen are then pas down UVW the foot pedals P of the tlillitlllb rile and the ends of the plate inserted thin the rel6 rd.

- cesscs 1 ol. said bar B. This will fasten one end portion of the device in place; the other end is secured by turning the said thumb buttons 8 The device may be gi on the form shown as a guard for the reverse lore."- slot, as shown on another portion of said foot board A. In. that form. the muler 4; is made narrower than upper V While the rubber strip 6 held h them by the rivets 5 and dev :c be secured in place by taolrs or sho u no Q. One slot 3' is out in both plates and it til-i While the rubber is slitte as at 7.

"We thus prm do a new and. novel Weather guard for foot boards consisting of clamping plates with. open slots therein and a slitted piece of rubber held between them to close the open slots provided in foot lumrds.

Having thus described our invention desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim: 1

A weather guard for foot boards coinpris-- ing two flat plates each having; open sl'i's therein, a thin. strip oi. rubber secured in place between said plates having slits out therein parallel with the slots in said. plates; thumb buttons to hold one edge o'l? said. plates. and a fiat bar recessed toreceive the opposite edge oi said plates and secured. to the foot board In testimony whereof we have aflined our signatures. 

